Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Good health

Boy name variations

Hardy

Hardy

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Hardin

Hardin

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Harden

Harden

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Harding

Harding

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Hardley

Hardley

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Hardee

Hardee

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Hardey

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Hardi

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Hardie

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Old English personal name Heard or a Norman cognate Hard(on), also of Germanic origin. This was a byname meaning ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, but it also seems to have been used as a short form of the various compound names containing this as a first element. Occasionally this may also be a variant of Hardy.
  • English, German, Dutch, and Swedish (Hård) : nickname for a stern or severe man, from Middle English, Middle Low German hard, Middle Dutch hart, hert, Swedish hård ‘hard’, ‘inflexible’. The Swedish name was probably originally a soldier’s name.
  • English : topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of particularly hard ground or one that was difficult to farm. Compare Hardacre.
  • Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch harde, herde ‘herder’.